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your Opinion on this sandblasted rim ??

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Old 01-25-04, 04:24 AM
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Question your Opinion on this sandblasted rim ??

schould i paint the center black ???
Leave it raw
or some other color ????????
Old 01-25-04, 04:25 AM
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OMFG i forgot the link again.
its twards the bottom of the page, youll see it, fucked rim with old slick. http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/493457/2
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IMHO it looks fine as it is ... and would it make your car any quicker if it was painted ? Time and money that could be spent elsewhere improving your times
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The tach also reads voltage when the car is not running but the key is turned on. That's what it's doing there(I hope).
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I think painting the inside a ultra gloss black will look bad ***
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I can't view the link.

Is it my computer? Or just a slow web site?
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i'd spray that sandblasted rim with 2 coats of glossy clear and call it DONE.
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Originally posted by KehoeAutomotive
I can't view the link.

Is it my computer? Or just a slow web site?
Works great, not a slow link, maybe a slow connection derivited from your end? Are you on dial up?

Thats a lot of volts if the key is turned, what kinda battery is in there, I need two of those for my diesel truck!
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Why dont you get rims like the one in your trunk???? THat rim is bad ***
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yea those bbs's arnt the right lug pattern there for my bimmer, but i think im gonna tape off the outside lip and paint the center GLOSS black. And no i wasnt looking for a faster time! and the gauge pic is right, It had been warming up for ever its just the gauge only reads when it's half .nothing before that. and thers a coolant leak, so its kinda always low but it never overheats.
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I blasted my stock alloys too. Regret not protectig the polished steel/chrome insert around the lug nuts. Real pain to re-polish!! Next time I'll bolt a wide washer in place before the blasting
I'm re-polishing the lip rim around the circumference of the wheel. Looks nicer that way IMHO. As too paint, with all the trouble to blast 'em, might consider powdercoating??
Stu Aull
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